Oluwo plans to replace us, Iwo kingmakers allege

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Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi

Twelve kingmakers in Iwo have accused the Oluwo of Iwo , Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi , of planning to remove and replace them as chiefs , after they demanded his removal in a petition sent to the Osun State Governor , Adegboyega Oyetola .
The kingmakers, in a court process obtained by The PUNCH on Sunday, had subsequently approached an Osun State High Court, sitting in Iwo , in a suit numbered HIW /M . 18 / 2020 , demanding an order , restraining Oba Akanbi from removing them .
Osa of Iwo , Chief Yekeen Bello , in an affidavit in support of a motion ex parte dated September 25 , he deposed to on behalf of 11 other kingmakers , filed by their counsel , John Enworo , said after the petition against Oluwo had gone viral on the social media , Oba Akanbi ordered thugs to attack them .
Bello said he and other kingmakers , as well as some notable indigenes a perceived as enemies by Oluwo had gone into hiding to avoid being maimed or killed by thugs .
He also claimed that Oba Akanbi had called on compounds that the complainants represent to supply names of those to be appointed as their replacements .
He added that there was a likelihood of the Oluwo replacing them unless court waded in to stop the move .

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